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The cabinet of Dr. Caligari : a film in six acts /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: K254 | Kino on VideoLanguage: No linguistic content Original language: German Subtitle language: English Series: German expressionism collectionPublisher: New York, NY : Kino on Video, ©2002Edition: Restored authorized edDescription: 1 videodisc (74 min.) : silent, color tinted with black and white segments ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Uniform titles:
  • Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (Motion picture). English.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.75 .C335 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
Special features: "Genuine: the tale of a vampire" film 43 minute condensation directed by Robert Wiene (1920). "Behind the scenes of Robert Wiene" footage on the set of I.N.R.I. (1923); Two musical scores by Donald Sosin and Rainer Viertblöck; Gallery of photos, posters, designs Excerpt with original German intertitles.
Production credits:
  • Photographed by Willy Hameister ; art direction, Hermann Warm, Walter Reimann, Walter Röhrig ; new music, Timothy Brock. Genuine: Camera by Willy Hameister ; script by Carl Mayer ; set design by Walter Reimman & Cesar Klein.
Cast: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Fehér, Lil Dagover, Hans Hainz v. Twardowsky, Rudolph Lettinger. Genuine: Fern Andra, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski.Summary: In the film The cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a somnambulist commits murders under a hypnotist's influence. Also featured is a lengthy excerpt of Genuine. Both films are examples of the German Expressionist movement.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-02618 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050192723

Originally produced in Germany as motion pictures in 1919. Reconstructed by the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv of Germany in 2002.

Special features: "Genuine: the tale of a vampire" film 43 minute condensation directed by Robert Wiene (1920). "Behind the scenes of Robert Wiene" footage on the set of I.N.R.I. (1923); Two musical scores by Donald Sosin and Rainer Viertblöck; Gallery of photos, posters, designs Excerpt with original German intertitles.

DVD.

Silent films with English title cards and musical accompaniment.

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